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@Shantil-K Shantil-K released this 20 Sep 23:11
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v0.6.0-beta
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What's new since v0.5.0-beta

Settings

  • Every tab has an icon. On/Off settings are switches, sizes are S / M / L / XL, and long lists (clock style, date format) step with arrows.
  • Live previews beside the Clock, Date, Weather and Apps tabs: a miniature screen with the clock, date and weather where they will be, and the bottom bar and app menu at the size you picked.
  • Explanations moved into a strip under the panel (for the setting you are on, also with the remote). Choosing a position fades the panel for a moment so you can see where it went.
  • App menu background: a 0-100% slider. The clock, date and weather are hidden while the app menu is open.

Folders

  • A bar at the top of the app menu with All apps and a chip per folder (with counts) to jump between folders. Folder tiles show a 2x2 peek at their apps.
  • A new Move to window: cards for the main list and every folder (peek, count, tick on the current one), one-press folder names (Games, Streaming, Media...), or type a name, and a line at the bottom saying what happened.
  • The TV's own apps in folders. The TV hides 134 of 189 apps from an app list (visible: false). Those are now left out, except the ones people use, which go into folders on first run: Inputs (HDMI, DisplayPort, AV, Component, USB-C), TV, Settings, Sharing, Help. They are normal folders (rename, take apps out, delete; Settings > Apps > Folders > Restore brings them back). System apps in Settings > Apps lists everything.

Apps

  • Pin by dragging: rest on an app's reorder icon, drag it onto the bottom bar to pin it, back onto the app menu to unpin. With the remote, Reorder and press Down past the last row / Up out of the bar. The pin button is gone.
  • Uninstall (Edit mode, trash button or the OK menu). Always asks first.
  • Hidden apps go to the end of the list; unhiding keeps the place until you press Done, then it is the last app.
  • Names too long for their tile scroll sideways while hovered or focused.
  • Edit mode ends when you close the app menu. Recent apps can't be reordered, and their label lines up with the first icon.

Wallpaper

  • Loop video on the info card repeats the video that is playing.

Also: a new launcher icon, and a fix so two folders made in the same moment can't share an id.

Notes

  • Uninstall is not offered for the launcher itself or apps the TV reports as not removable.
  • The settings panels use flex gap, which needs Chromium 84+ (webOS 22 and newer).
  • Streaming uses roughly 6 Mbps (about 2.7 GB per hour). Use Game or Filmmaker picture mode to avoid grainy video.
  • This is a beta. Please report anything odd.
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